Thirteen Days; a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Thirteen Days; a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Thirteen Days, pgs. 35-61.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "It is exactly what I would have done . . . a great government such as yours does not act without evidence" (41)?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) General de Gaulle.
(c) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
(d) Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

2. Who said that Russia only wanted to "give bread to Cuba in order to prevent hunger in that country" (34)?
(a) Khrushchev.
(b) Castro.
(c) Dobrynin.
(d) Gromyko.

3. Who told Ambassador Dobrynin about the President's intended speech?
(a) Adlai Stevenson.
(b) Secretary Rusk.
(c) Dean Acheson.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

4. Who presented the United States case to the United Nations?
(a) John McCone and Robert McNamara.
(b) Adlai Stevenson and John McCloy.
(c) JFK and Robert Kennedy.
(d) David Shoup and John LeMay.

5. What might have happened to the President if he had not acted?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Public humiliation.
(c) Death.
(d) Impeachment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did JFK ask in a letter to Khrushchev after ordering the blockade?

2. What was one recommendation from the military action plan?

3. What was the "legal foundation" (40) for the blockade?

4. What did Ex Comm believe would happen if they put a blockade around Cuba?

5. Who does Robert speak to about the President's concern about missiles in Cuba on September 4th?

(see the answer key)

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